Aug 16 530pm JFK UFO or Powered Paraglider

Something flew over 22L and 22R causing an American 767 to go around 22L to avoid it. Later ended up closing 22R for 5 Police helicopters to search for him and forcing several aircraft to divert due to being restricted to one runway. Seemed to come down to about 10-20 feet off the cargo ramp possibly dropping an object and then climbing to 1000 feet flying outbound on a 030hdg on an active final approach!

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[aeronauticstud]

archive-server . liveatc . net/kjfk/KJFK-Twr-Aug-17-2009-­0000Z . mp3

archive-server . liveatc . net/kjfk/KJFK-Twr-Aug-17-2009-­0000Z . mp3

DELETE THE SPACES AND YOU'LL HEAR IT ALL

[zplnfan]

0:34 - looks like some guy on a parachute...

D.B. Cooper

[gridgway66]

I'm a little late on this but I'm a powered paraglider and free flight paraglider pilot and if that. Was a ppg the pilot was violating every FAA rule we are required to follow as well as just being stupid for flying within tower controlled space .

Just the turbulence from as passing aircraft can be extremely dangerous if not deadly from a non recoverable wing collapse Just plain stupid

[rothima]

it ain't worked

[aeronauticstud]

Travel at 25mph and stick your head out your sunroof. That thing is moving pretty good for what it is!

[BoyintheMachine]

I looked it up and powered paragliders travel about 25 m/hr.

[aeronauticstud]

Well I am a paraglider, no personal experience as a powered paraglider. But yes powered paragliders can be in the flat lands of Kansas and ascend and accelerate with no wind...they have trike engines, or small rotax engines.

[BoyintheMachine]

@ aeronauticstud:

I'm frustrated because I just got through discussing this with some paragliders who dismissed it as a hoax. Where did you get this audio from? According to the paragliders I discussed this with, the 2 or 3 articles on this topic were based off of your video and no other source.

All I wanted was to see if a paraglider could be rules out by the flight/operating characteristics.

Please let me know...

[aeronauticstud]

Dude your an idiot. He was given the wrong communication frequency and was flying, what we call "transmitting in the blind" with a bad frequency. Thats not what this video is about.

[aeronauticstud]

SlackerSlayer...your comment is inaccurate and ignorant. The pilot did nothing wrong but not look outside enough. He was in a low wing aircraft with a helicopter below him. He was doing what he was told by ATC. His ATC controller was on the telephone with his girlfriend talking about a dead cat found at his control tower and never gave the airplane a traffic advisory like he was required to. SO...the controller was, "...just doing what he wanted to without regard to regulation". NOT THE PILOT!

[BoyintheMachine]

Yes, it's D.B. Cooper. He's been up in the air for 38 years now.